2．母亲节

    1905年，母亲的不幸去世让安娜•查维斯悲痛万分，也让她产生了创建母亲节的想法。1908年，在她做礼拜的教堂和一个商店小礼堂，查维斯为母亲举办了第一场悼念活动，并献上了母亲生前最爱的花朵——白色康乃馨。

    但是很快，她对母亲节的不懈倡导获得了她意料之外的成功。

    花卉行业靠着白色康乃馨狠狠赚了一笔，不时出现一些商人囤积居奇的报道。后来有人开始向在世的母亲送红色康乃馨，而把白色康乃馨送给已故的母亲。到了1920年，由于母亲节已经变得太过商业化，连查维斯自己都开始感到厌烦。

    据《心理牙线》杂志报道，查维斯将那些兜售母亲节卡片、礼物和鲜花的人称作“骗子、土匪、海盗、敲诈犯、绑架犯、白蚁，他们用贪婪玷污了本应是最美好、圣洁、真诚的时刻和典礼。”为了对抗利益驱使下的母亲节促销活动，她甚至试过给母亲节注册商标，但最终以失败而告终。到了人生暮年，她还四处请愿，希望彻底取消母亲节。

    2.Mother's Day

    Anna Jarvis initially came up with Mother’s Day after she was devastated by the 1905 death of her mother, with the first commemorative event held at her church and a store auditorium in 1908, using her mother’s favorite flower, white carnations.

    But soon her full-time promotional efforts for the holiday became too successful for her tastes.

    The floral industry cashed in on the white carnation, with accounts being reported of hoarding and profiteering, and expanded holiday offerings to include red carnations for living mothers, reserving white for deceased moms. By 1920 Jarvis grew disgusted with the commercial bent taken on by her day of sentiment.

    According to Mental Floss, she called those selling mother’s day cards, gifts, and flowers “charlatans, bandits, pirates, racketeers, kidnappers and termites that would undermine with their greed one of the finest, noblest and truest movements and celebrations.” She tried to fight the profit-driven promotions by attempting to trademark her creation, but failed, and by the end of her life she was petitioning to rescind Mother’s Day altogether.